Solicitors working in criminal defence have said they are withdrawing from all work from this morning, in an escalation of the dispute over a new payment scheme for criminal legal aid.

Two men and a teenager have been arrested after gardaí pursued a stolen car on the M50 yesterday evening.

Owners of derelict properties will be a hit with a tax of 7% of their value if they fail to take remedial action.

The funeral mass of Kim and Phillip English and their sons, 12-year-old Callum and nine-year-old Jayden, will take place this afternoon.

Ukraine did not receive an early warning from its international partners about incoming Russian ballistic strikes overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.